Class B First-hand BFRO #4790

Family finds large footprints and hears strange sounds near Pollock Pines

BFRO YEAR: 1976-77 about mid afternoon Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, California

Account

During a family walk on a mountain logging trail in the late 1970s, the group heard branches breaking around them. Near a recently fallen tree they found a wet blood-like substance on the log and a very large fresh human-like footprint that dwarfed an adult man's boot. The group quickly left the area and returned toward the cabin.

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What was reported

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Physical traces

Facts & provenance

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Time of day
about mid afternoon
Stated BFRO report #4790 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, California
Stated BFRO report #4790 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
38.7576, -120.5910 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #4790 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Pollock Pines CDP (GEOID 0658030), matched from nearest town 'Pollock Pines'
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #4790 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
walking on a logging trail toward a creek
Stated BFRO report #4790 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
something that was made by a large animal/human
Stated BFRO report #4790 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #4790 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Richard Hucklebridge (BFRO)
Tracks

Very large fresh human-like footprint that dwarfed an adult boot

Measurements: over size 16

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Blood / tissue

Wet jelly-like substance on fallen log identified as blood, origin unknown

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness by phone, assessed sincerity, and clarified the blood location and sound similarity.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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